Lady&#39;s hat-frame.



H. H. SGHOLL.

LADYS HAT FRAME.

APPLIOATION FILED THE. 3, 1909.

926,360. Patented June 29, 1909.

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HENRY II. SGIIOLL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

LADYS HAT-FRAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1909.

Application filed February 3, 1909. Serial No. 475,854.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY II. SorroLL, citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Ladies HatFrames, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention has relation to improvements in ladies-hat frames; and itconsists in the novel details of construction more fully set forth inthe specification and point ed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a modern hat frameshowing my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is an enlarged section online 22 of Fig. 1 Fig. 3 is a projection of Fig. 2 Fig. 4 is a viewsimilar to Fig. 2 but showing the ends of the tie wire or loop inoverlapped relation; Fig. 5 is a projection of Fig. 4f Fig. 6 is anenlarged section on the diagonal line 66 of Fig. 1, looking squarely aainst the tie loop; and Fig. 7 is a sectiona View showing the prevailingmethod of tying the cross wires on hat frames.

The object of my invention is to so unite the intersecting wire membersof a ladieshat frame that no sharp points or barbs will project toinjure the hands of the trimmer by whom the frame is covered, the objectsought being to produce a joint which shall be perfectly smooth, therebyenhancing the value of the frame, and permitting a more rapid handlingthereof The advantages of the invention will be better apparent from adetailed description thereof which is as follows:

Referring to the drawings, F represents a conventional hat-frame of thekind referred to, and C the detachable crown, constituting asupplemental frame which is secured by the trimmer to the main frame bystitches or any other convenient manner known to the trade. Both themain frame and the crown are composed of intersecting wires a and brespectively, the ends of the wires a being looped about the terminalwires 1) as shown, each of the wires 1) overlapping at their ends 1which are tied either by a thread wrapped about such overlapped ends, orthey may be secured by the wire loop forming the subject matter of thepresent invention as presently I to be described.

Throughout the body of the frame at points where the wires a and bintersect, it has been customary to tie the points of intersection orjoints by means of a short piece of wire looped across the joint, theends of the wire being brought together, and then twisted, the twistedends however pointing outwardly from the frame so that they scratch thehands of the trimmer. An example of this prevailing method isillustrated in Fig. 7 where t represents the tie wire looped across thejoint or intersection of the wires 0 and b, the twisted ends pointingoutwardly from the body of the frame.

My invention contemplates the elimination of the sharp points of thefastening or tie wire and this I accomplish by the construc tion shownin Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive. As stated above, the wires to and b intersectalong the body of the frame. At each point of intersection or joint Iwrap or loop a fastening or tie wire a with the ends of the fastenerpointing inwardly, whereupon the loop is clenched about the wires a, Z),the ends being either in abutting relation as shown in Figs. 1 to 3 and6 or in overlap ed relation as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, ut always forminga closed ring with the ends of the curve assumed by the fastening wireor tie loop and never protruding beyond the general curvature of suchwire, and thereby forming no projections. In this way no sharp pointsprotrude from the body of the frame to injure the hands of the trimmer.

In my improvement the ends of the tie loop e are generally on the insideof the frame, instead of on the outside as is the case with theprevailing method of tying shown in Fig. 7.

Having claim is:-

1. A hat frame composed of intersecting 1 wires, and a wire tie loopwrapped diagonally described my invention what I ring always well withinthe boundaries of the about the point of intersection, with endsclenched to the Wires and overlapping one another, and confined to thegeneral curvature of the loop.

2. A hat frame composed of intersecting wires, and a wire tie loopwrapped diagonally about the point of intersection, with ends on theinside of the frame clenched to the wires and overlapping one another,and confined to the general curvature of the loop.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY H. SOHOLL.

"Witnesses:

EMIL STAREK, FANNIE E. WEBER.

